In 1970 Vicente’s father died a little bit before he was going onto the stage, Vicente not wanting to disappoint his fans he went on stage and preformed the whole show since that moment his music expanded all around the world touching everybody’s heart with his powerful and beautiful lyrics.
When we think of a Texas hero, we think of people with important titles, like Sam Houston or Stephen F. Austin, but never once do we think about those people who gave up a pleasurable future just for us. We never think about those people like José Antonio Navarro, who never even gave a second thought to abandon Texas.
Today I will be talking about my explorer named Francisco Vazquez de Coronado. He was a Spanish explorer when he was an explorer he leaded a large expedition from Mexico to Kansas. In the United States between 1540 and 1542 Vazquez de Coronado hoped he had reached the seven cities of gold. You ask yourself what is the seven cities of gold well its is a myth leaded to several expeditions by an adventure as conquistadors in the 16th century.
He was a captain in Stephen F. Austin's volunteer army. He fought in many wars one of the more famous one being the Battle of the Alamo. He was going to fight but William B. Travis sent him to carry a letter to Sam Houston for troops, but Houston did not bring troops and made Juan stay with him. Even though he did not fight in the Alamo he still went back and buried the remains of the people who died to honor their bravery. After he had to stay back he helped fight in the Battle of San Jacinto to earn Texas Its independence. He was one of Sam Houston's chief scouts. He accepted Mexico's surrender of San Antonio on June 4, 1836. He had fought for both Mexico and Texas for many wars But he still favors Texas. After he fought for Mexico in the Mexican War, he returned to Texas despite the consequences where he settled on land adjacent of his
Juan Luis Guerra was born in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic on June 7, 1957. When he graduated from high school, he went to the Autonomic University of Santo Domingo, enrolling in courses in Philosophy and Literature. The course attracted many young freshmen still unsure of what they eventually want to do. A year later he found what his real passion was and moved to the Music Conservatory in Santo Domingo. He later had further education and decided to go to Boston, Massachusetts to go to Berklee College of Music.
Héctor Lavoe revolutionized the Latin salsa boom of the 1970s. He was a man born to sing and his passion for music led him on a remarkable journey of attaining endless dreams. Born Héctor Juan Perez Martinez on September 30, 1946 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, he lived a life full of achievements, setbacks, and tragedy that made a way for his life long addiction with cocaine, marijuana, and heroine. His drive to succeed in the music industry started in his early childhood years and was triggered by his idolization of famous Latin singers of the 30s and 40s like Daniel Santos, Jesús Sánchez Erazo, and the
Latino’s haven’t always had it easy in America, some were luckier than others. Hector Garcia growing up was one of the lucky ones. His parents were educators but their credentials were denied. They resorted to teaching their kids inside the home. The Garcia kids were pushed by their parents to become doctors, so they could have a better future. Hector Garcia graduated from the University of Texas and did his residency in Omaha, Nebraska. Garcia volunteered as a infantry officer during world war two, but was denied to practice medicine while in the army. He was eventually able to serve as a medical corps officer before he was dismissed
Juan Seguin- Juan Seguin joined William B.Travis’ army on February 23 in the Battle of the Alamo. He was there for the 13 day siege but he didn't participate in the actual battle. He left to carry a message to the enemy from everyone in the Alamo. The message was that the Texans "shall never surrender or retreat.". Juan got it across and went to get soldiers to help the Texans. By the time he returned. The Alamo had already fallen to Santa Anna’s
Hello, everyone my name is Gabriel Fuentes and I am a criminal justice major. The reason i am taking this course is that I am very interested with our criminal law system and how it operates With my free time I love to skate, surf and read, my future planes are to become part of the United States Marshall fugitive task force unit.
Diego Rivera was born in December of 1886 and first began creating art and murals at the age of three after the death of his twin brother. Young Diego's parents caught him drawing on the walls of their home but rather than punish him for it they instead nurtured his growing creativity. They installed canvas and chalkboard on the walls and let Rivera create as he saw fit. Even in his early years Diego knew what he wanted to be. When Diego Rivera was 10, he attended San Carlos school of fine arts where he furthered his love for art. In 1907, Diego Rivera continued his education in Europe. He there also met a few others who later became famous artistic figures. For example, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, and Piet Mondrian. The world in which Diego
Juan De Onate was born in Zacatecas, Mexico in 1550. He was the first Spanish governor of New Mexico and strived to find North America’s wealth but failed to succeed. He was in office from November 1598 until April 18, 2016, where he was succeeded by his son, Cristobal de Onate. According to BIography.com, Conquistador Juan de Oñate established the colony of New Mexico for Spain on April 30, 1598. Subsequently, his ongoing mission lead him to cross the Rio Grande at El Paso in May, which would later become a famous crossing point. The next month, he established New Mexico colony's headquarters near San Juan Pueblo. While waiting for more colonists, Onate and his men explored, visited villages, and found silver ore. He also found in a three
I was born at seven-thirty in Manhattan, New York on October 14th, 2002 to seventeen-year-old, Samantha Souchet and eighteen-year-old, Luis Soto. They were kids having a kid. I was raised by many women on one block. Such as my two great-grandmothers, my grandmother, my mother and my three aunts. I was the only child in the house so I kind of grew up acting like a little adult, which I still kind of act like. You tend to learn a lot of things from living with a bunch of women your whole life. I always speak of all the lessons they taught me but I hardly ever speak of my father. My father is my hero and role model.
Valeria Hernandez was born May 9th, 1999 in Fort Collins, Colorado. After six weeks of her birth, her family decided to move back home to Temosachic, Chihuahua MX. After two years of being there, they returned to Fort Collins. By this time, she was fluent in Spanish and beginning her life in the United States. Going into classes for preschoolers she began to understand the difficulties that lay ahead. During the first few months of her education, it was difficult being social by having a translator help her around in this new institution. After a few weeks, she learned enough English to understand directions on her own and to enjoy playtime with her new friends. Then came elementary school; attending a bilingual institution, for English and
Nelly Martinez is a first generation of her family who went to college. Her parents emigrated from Mexico for her and her sibling to have in education. She was inspired by family members to find a job working for the state because of the good benefit and she thought it was very interesting. She works at Department of Managed Health Care and been working there for two years. There good benefits at her job like health, dental benefit and retirement plan. Make $4,600 a month before taxes. She is protected by a Union so that one positive thing about her job. She was able to take an exam for her position and able to get the job because it has a government job and it is hard to a job in the Department of Managed Health Care. DMHC do not hire that often so she lucky to work there.
“If the commonwealth suffers from some …evil, the reason can only be that the ruler is unaware of it; once the matter is brought to his notice, he will work with the utmost diligence to set matters right.”